Cuba: press freedom index 2022

In 2022, Cuba was the country with the worst press freedom index in Latin America and the Caribbean, at 27.32. Throughout the three previous years, Cuba's index stood above 36. The indicator presents an overview of the plurality and independence of the media and how safe and free it is for journalists to do their job, with lower scores indicating a worse situation for the press and higher scores a better one.

Press freedom index in Cuba from 2015 to 2022

Characteristic	Index score
2022	27.32
2021	36.06
2020	36.19
2019	36.19
2018	31.1
2017	28.25
2016	29.77
2015	29.79

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Release date

June 2022

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Cuba

Survey time period

2015 to 2022

Supplementary notes

According to the source, the Index ranks 180 countries and regions according to the level of freedom available to journalists. It is a snapshot of the media freedom situation based on an evaluation of pluralism, independence of the media, quality of legislative framework and safety of journalists in each country and region. It does not rank public policies even if governments obviously have a major impact on their country’s ranking. Nor is it an indicator of the quality of journalism in each country or region.
The countries surveyed were scored between 0 and 100, with 0 being the worst possible result and 100 the best.

The date of release is the date of access.
Data prior to 2021 was retrieved from earlier releases.

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